This organization tries to manage the price of petroleum by monitoring its production.
What is OPEC?
100
The highest executive officer of a modern republic.
What is the President?
100
One of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs.
What is Sunni?
200
These people came into power after the Qajar dynasty was overthrown in a coup.
What is the Pahlavi shahs?
200
The moral code and religious law of Islam. Islamic Law.
What is Sharia?
200
The head of state and highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
What is Supreme Leader?
300
This was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program
What is the nuclear program?
300
This movement corresponds to the date that Mohammed Khatami was elected
What is the Second of Khordad movement?
300
The secret police, domestic security and intelligence service established by Iran's Mohammad Reza Shah with the help of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (the CIA). (1957-1979)
What is SAVAK?
400
A military or paramilitary elite unit that plays the role of key protection force of the new regime in a country which has experienced a revolution.
What is a revolutionary guard?
400
They were granted the right to vote in 1963 and first admitted to Iranian universities in 1937. Since then, several have held high-ranking posts in the government or parliament.
What is Women's role in Iran?
400
A form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
What is theocracy?
500
A country that obtains a lucrative income by exporting raw materials or leasing out natural resources to foreign companies
What is a Rentier State?
500
One of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.